Yasmani Grandal

Thanks to another exquisite performance from Jacob deGrom and a big hit by newcomer Juan Uribe, the New York Mets did more than just stop Zack Greinke's streak. Greinke's shutout string ended at 45 2-3 innings when the Mets scored the first of two scratch runs against him, and New York defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Sunday on Uribe's game-winning single off the wall in the 10th. "How it didn't get out, I have no idea. That ball was mashed," New York manager Terry Collins said. "That's why we got him. Those are the things he's going to bring to this team." The hard-throwing deGrom outpitched Greinke in a marquee matchup that lived...

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